and as i said before -- >> come on, stephen. you've always been very upfront with me every time i've had you on the air. what do you mean by that? >> well, i think that -- listen, i assume responsibility for this and i think that when you're in a certain position of visibility and you don't do things the right way, legally they have the right to come down on you in a certain way so that other people say to themselves, well, maybe i should do the right thing. and that's part of the situation i believe i'm in right now. i'm just hopeful that it's going to be -- the end result will be that i can move forward, stay positive, be successful in the business that i have coming in the new year. >> because you're a celebrity, you think they made an example out of you? >> well, listen, i think that that's not something that we haven't seen in the past that hasn't been true. i don't want to sugar-coat one thing. i have the utmost respect for the people that i'm in the conversation with, the rockland county d.a. is upset. and i want to do th